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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Flower-Pot

ca. 1860 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Flower-pot of bone china painted with enamels. Made in imitation of Sèvres porcelain. Seau-shaped with two scrolled handles. On one side are two lovers and on the other is a mandolin-player, both in landscapes in the manner of Watteau. Round the rim is a narrow border of oeil-de-perdixpattern confined by wavy garlands of pink foliage. Festoons of flowers pass over the handles.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bone china painted with enamels
Brief description
Flower-pot of bone china painted with enamels, painted by Carl Henk, Minton & Co., Stoke-on-Trent, ca. 1860.
Physical description
Flower-pot of bone china painted with enamels. Made in imitation of Sèvres porcelain. Seau-shaped with two scrolled handles. On one side are two lovers and on the other is a mandolin-player, both in landscapes in the manner of Watteau. Round the rim is a narrow border of oeil-de-perdixpattern confined by wavy garlands of pink foliage. Festoons of flowers pass over the handles.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.5cm
  • Width: 15.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
An ermine spot (In green)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.686-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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